It’s a fiver of big and popular K-stars for at the movie press conference for July summer action flick Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Korean title Inrang). Starring dual male leads Kang Dong Won and Jung Woo Sung, the supporting cast adds Han Hyo Joo, Kim Moo Yeol, and Minho to up the ante. After Along With the Gods and Battleship Island last year had so many big names, the K-movie industry is following in the footsteps of Hollywood and Chinese cinema in assembling blockbusters as well as improving CG and directorial flourishes. Jin Roh is about the near future year 2029 when North and South Korea is prepping for reunification and a secret group threatens to disrupt it, feels rather apropos with the timing to current events. The press conference unfortunately looked like a hot mess with the three leads not wearing all black suits, Kang Dong Won still dresses in the dark, Jung Woo Sung borrowed his great grandfather’s wrinkled suit, and Han Hyo Joo turned into Chun Woo Hee‘s dazed doppleganger. Continue reading →